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This is a free preview of the Your Best Game Ever. You can also purchase the complete book.
Unlock the secrets of consistently awesome RPG experiences—for players and GMs!
We’ve all had them: games where the party clicked perfectly. Climactic moments when everything came together amazingly. Favorite characters everyone loved. Sessions and campaigns that became the stuff of legends—moments... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of Your Best Game Ever. Check out the free preview.
Unlock the secrets of consistently awesome RPG experiences—for players and GMs!
We’ve all had them: games where the party clicked perfectly. Climactic moments when everything came together amazingly. Favorite characters everyone loved. Sessions and campaigns that became the stuff of legends—moments that were... [click here for more] |
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$18.99
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of Worlds Numberless and Strange. You can also get the complete book.
What will you find as you venture into Earth’s shoals?
Witch covens battle in the mammoth city of Halloween. Nazis struggle to master mythological relics in the Eleventh Reich. T. rexes hunt hominids on the tropical island of Mesozoica, while skyships fend off pirates and predators in the tempestuous cloud... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of Worlds Numberless and Strange. Check out the free preview.
What will you find as you venture into Earth’s shoals?
Witch covens battle in the mammoth city of Halloween. Nazis struggle to master mythological relics in the Eleventh Reich. T. rexes hunt hominids on the tropical island of Mesozoica, while skyships fend off pirates and predators in the tempestuous... [click here for more] |
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$16.99
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A fun, fast-paced zero-prep RPG experience!
In most RPGs, the GM provides the story, setting, and context to the players and the players create characters to fit that world. But what if we turned all that upside down?
What if the whole process of making the characters also builds the world? And breathing life into those characters also builds the story? In other words, what if the lazy-ass... [click here for more] |
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$9.99
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Do you want to loot Numenera material for your The Strange campaign? Do you want to lift a few new foci and descriptors from The Strange and use them in Numenera? How about mashing both games together in their entirety, both rules and setting?
The system—the “game engine,” if you will— behind both The Strange and Numenera is... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of Weird Discoveries: Ten Instant Adventures for Numenera. Check out the free preview.
A night of gaming that's as easy to set up as a board game. Just add gamers!
What’s the hardest part of running an RPG? It has to be the preparation. Unlike a board game, you can't just spontaneously decide to play—because someone has to have spent hours preparing an adventure... [click here for more] |
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of Weird Discoveries: Ten Instant Adventures for Numenera. You can also get the complete book.
A night of gaming that's as easy to set up as a board game. Just add gamers!
What’s the hardest part of running an RPG? It has to be the preparation. Unlike a board game, you can't just spontaneously decide to play—because someone has to have spent hours preparing... [click here for more] |
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Please note that Post-Apocalyptic Genre contains these rules in full plus much more.
New, lower price due to the price drop of the Post-Apocalyptic Genre.
Wasteland Crafting is a rules supplement inspired by popular TV-shows, movies and video games and is made for... [click here for more] |
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A mysterious cult worships something called "the Vortex" in a temple like nothing anyone in the Ninth World has ever seen. PCs explore the strange complex to find a missing boy, and become embroiled in multiple scenarios, one of which might just take them unimaginably far from home! This 18-page adventure was the GenCon 2013 Numenera "launch" scenario, presented in two parts, and is ideal... [click here for more] |
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$5.99
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This is a 14-page free preview. The full version of Voices of the Datasphere is available now!
Discover a bizarre new realm of wonders, mysteries, and danger
Most Ninth Worlders know the datasphere only as the source of mysterious glimmers—those odd, unbidden flashes of knowledge and insight that, rarely, embed themselves within the mind. Some who study the numenera call it a network built... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of Voices of the Datasphere. Check out the free preview.
Discover a bizarre new realm of wonders, mysteries, and danger
Most Ninth Worlders know the datasphere only as the source of mysterious glimmers—those odd, unbidden flashes of knowledge and insight that, rarely, embed themselves within the mind. Some who study the numenera call it a network built by the ancients... [click here for more] |
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This is a free preview. The full version of Vertices will be available in late July.
Eight dangerous adventure sites that connect to the datasphere
Inside a maze of steel and crystal pillars lurk demons and bladehounds from this world and beyond. Those who venture within to face these terrors—and survive—are blessed with strange protective enhancements.
Seven huge boulders float, nearly... [click here for more] |
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Eight dangerous adventure sites that connect to the datasphere
Inside a maze of steel and crystal pillars lurk demons and bladehounds from this world and beyond. Those who venture within to face these terrors—and survive—are blessed with strange protective enhancements.
Seven huge boulders float, nearly imperceptible, a mile above the earth. Legend says ancient gods put them there, to guard against... [click here for more] |
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XP Cards with Added Effects!
Requires the Cypher System Rulebook from Monte Cook Games.
Note: While this product now has a print option, it still includes the black-and-white version of the .pdf along with the color copy, to ease the ink-burden on home printing!
The Cypher System encourages the use of XP in many different ways, but it can be easy for players to fall into... [click here for more] |
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Superpowers and Horror in a Dark Eighties
Everyone loves Patty. Top of the class. Student council. Debate club president. Unashamed trekkie. But her boyfriend Robert is another matter—violent and troubled. And secretly, you and your friends know, a prodigy.
Trouble is brewing—trouble bigger than you find in Boundary Bay. Because Robert’s family has some dark connections, and when Robert runs... [click here for more] |
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Superpowers and Horror in a Dark Eighties
Top Gun is in theaters. “Papa Don’t Preach” is on the radio. Halley’s Comet is in the sky, and Iran-Contra is in the news. The Soviets are in Afghanistan, and the Doomsday Clock is at 3 minutes until midnight. But there’s something else going on—something even bigger. At school, at the mall, down by the 7-Eleven, you’ve started noticing things.... [click here for more] |
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This is a free preview. Unmasked is available now!
Superpowers and Horror in a Dark Eighties
Top Gun is in theaters. “Papa Don’t Preach” is on the radio. Halley’s Comet is in the sky, and Iran-Contra is in the news. The Soviets are in Afghanistan, and the Doomsday Clock is at 3 minutes until midnight. But there’s something else going on—something even bigger. At school, at... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of Unmasked. Check out the free preview.
Superpowers and Horror in a Dark Eighties
Top Gun is in theaters. “Papa Don’t Preach” is on the radio. Halley’s Comet is in the sky, and Iran-Contra is in the news. The Soviets are in Afghanistan, and the Doomsday Clock is at 3 minutes until midnight. But there’s something else going on—something even bigger.... [click here for more] |
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Claws and Paws and Lairs and Scares!
Set out into adventure with this expansion to the No Thank You, Evil! game of adventure, storytelling, and roleplaying for families with children as young as five.
The Lairs and Scares book contains four complete, all-new adventures, great for novice Guides and players or those who are looking for some more advanced challenges.... [click here for more] |
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It's a dangerous business, going out your door. . .
The myriad strange recursions floating in the shoals of Earth are both wondrous and dangerous—and so is the process of translating to, from, and between them. The Translation Deck helps you generate creative and unexpected GM intrusions that sometimes occur during the process of moving between alternate worlds. Draw a couple of cards and pick... [click here for more] |
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When six passengers on a small sight-seeing boat get marooned on an island of lost dinosaurs and lizard people they must use all of their wits and skills to survive and escape! This ain’t your parents’ sitcom…
Three Hour Tour to the Island of the Lost is a “one-shot” role playing adventure designed to be played in a single session of approximately three hours. The adventure requires the... [click here for more] |
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Hey all your Cypher lovers out there. This long gestating project is now at your fingertips. Welcome to the Umbral Earth: A Horror Mix Tape. With Stay alive hitting the market just weeks ago, it is only fitting to have another supplement to help flesh things out.
Within the pages of this document you will find the seeds for a great new setting or just plot points to add to your own. Tons of abilities... [click here for more] |
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The Strange is all about exploration and discovery in the odd recursions surrounding Earth. Players earn experience points not for killing monsters, but for making discoveries and facing unexpected challenges. You might rack up your XP between sessions, but most commonly you receive experience points during play, when events take an unexpected turn or you make a remarkable discovery. And XPs are useful... [click here for more] |
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Explore the Chaosphere of the Strange with this inexpensive players’ alternative to the corebook
Create characters, explore the setting, and learn the basic rules in this inexpensive player’s alternative to the The Strange corebook. It’s perfect for getting a taste of the game, having an extra rules and setting reference on hand at the gaming table, or for game masters to hand to new... [click here for more] |
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On the inside, four pages of helpful tables and information for the GM, laid out in a landscape format that makes it easy to see the gaming table beyond.
On the outside, four pages of glorious full-page The Strange artwork. We provide eight pages in total, four with logos and four without. You decide where (or if) the logo appears as you choose the artwork you want on the outside of your... [click here for more] |
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of The Strange. You can also get the full corebook.
“Hands down the best RPG rules system and setting I've ever run.”
“The whole ability to basically go anywhere that one could possibility want to go, from any fictional world or alternate setting or imaginary realm, is amazing.”
“After reading The Strange from cover... [click here for more] |
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Cyphers are items of strange or mystical function that originate in the Strange itself. Frequently encountered and used by player characters, cyphers are single-use items that heal, aid attacks, or have cool or unusual effects.
This deck of 120 full-color cards allows GMs and players to randomly generate cyphers on the fly. Twenty item cards describe the physical form the cypher takes, depending... [click here for more] |
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100 Strange, scary, dangerous, and just plain weird creatures from the Shoals of Earth!
Build encounters quickly and easily, or create them randomly on the fly. Then give your players a look at their foes before plunging into combat.
The Strange Creature Deck contains 100 of the most commonly encountered creatures from the shoals of Earth, drawn from both The Strange corebook and The... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of The Strange Corebook. Check out the free preview.
“Hands down the best RPG rules system and setting I've ever run.”
“The whole ability to basically go anywhere that one could possibility want to go, from any fictional world or alternate setting or imaginary realm, is amazing.”
“After reading The Strange from cover to... [click here for more] |
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$19.99
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of The Strange Bestiary. You can also get the complete book.
150 new creatures for The Strange from the exotic recursions lying in Earth’s shoals.
Featuring more than 150 creatures and characters, The Strange Bestiary is lavishly illustrated and wildly imaginative. Find creatures encountered on Earth along with those native to the recursions of... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of The Strange Bestiary. Check out the free preview.
150 new creatures for The Strange from the exotic recursions lying in Earth’s shoals.
Featuring more than 150 creatures and characters, The Strange Bestiary is lavishly illustrated and wildly imaginative. Find creatures encountered on Earth along with those native to the recursions of Ardeyn,... [click here for more] |
Monte Cook Games |
$14.99
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Master perilous new powers in a world that is dangerously askew!
In 2017, Oumuamua made headlines as the first interstellar object ever detected passing through our solar system. Everyone remembers that. A web search will tell you all about it.
So why doesn’t anyone remember Nibiru? How it curved out of the night, its trajectory changing so rapidly that scientists could barely track it. How its... [click here for more] |
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of The Ninth World Bestiary. You can also get the complete book.
"One of the best bestiaries I've ever encountered for any game, in any genre!"
"Brilliantly showcases how beautiful and bizarre the earth will be in one billion years."
"Beautifully illustrated and full... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of The Ninth World Bestiary. Check out the free preview.
"One of the best bestiaries I've ever encountered for any game, in any genre!"
"Brilliantly showcases how beautiful and bizarre the earth will be in one billion years."
"Beautifully illustrated and full of imaginative... [click here for more] |
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The Machine God's Temple is an adventure for Cypher System, designed with a science-fantasy setting in mind.
Players will explore the temple of an ancient and powerful machine mind. They must bypass the defenses of the temple-including but not limited to automatons, a maze of teleporters, and the retrieval of the parts of a lost key. Having done this, they will stand before the machine god to make... [click here for more] |
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$2.99
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The Hum (from Wikipedia): The Hum is a phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
The Grand Bavarian Hotel was once frequented by Gilded Age luminaries like Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Houdini, and even Nikola Tesla. Now, after decades of neglect, it’s enjoying a renaissance... [click here for more] |
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The perfect starting point for discovering the Ninth World!
Nestled in the thick forest of the Glimmering Valley, a few dozen buildings surround an ancient structure and a pair of crystal monoliths. This village of Neandran enjoys a peaceful, agrarian life. The bold or restless might occasionally head into the woods to find the Dreaming Cubes, see the River Ring, or maybe visit the Old Witch in... [click here for more] |
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The perfect starting point for discovering the Ninth World!
Nestled in the thick forest of the Glimmering Valley, a few dozen buildings surround an ancient structure and a pair of crystal monoliths. This village of Neandran enjoys a peaceful, agrarian life. The bold or restless might occasionally head into the woods to find the Dreaming Cubes, see the River Ring, or maybe visit the Old Witch in... [click here for more] |
Monte Cook Games |
$17.99
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A clever prop can add a sense of veracity and mystery to your game. The Estate Dossiers can be printed or copied, maybe tossed into a manila folder, then given to players at just the right time: when their characters ransack an NPC’s office or get handed a folder of documents to prepare for their next Estate mission.
The package contains the following dossiers and other props, written... [click here for more] |
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of The Devil's Spine. You can also get the complete book.
Three lengthy adventures wrapped in a thrilling frame story with a life-and-death twist!
It begins simply enough. Doesn’t it always? A nobleman’s estate needs tending in his absence. But what secrets lurk in its shadows? What deals has this man made with whispered voices in that darkness? And once such... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of The Devil's Spine. Check out the free preview.
Three lengthy adventures wrapped in a thrilling frame story with a life-and-death twist!
It begins simply enough. Doesn’t it always? A nobleman’s estate needs tending in his absence. But what secrets lurk in its shadows? What deals has this man made with whispered voices in that darkness? And once such a discovery... [click here for more] |
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$9.99
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of The Dark Spiral. You can also get the complete book!
A mundane-seeming crime masks a sinister plot—and sends characters racing across a dozen realities in a bid to save the Earth!
Spiral dust is an incredible high. Wonderful. Transcendent. Orgasmic. That’s what users claim, eyes wide to reveal blue fractals instead of irises. Spiral dust addiction... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of The Dark Spiral. Check out the free preview.
A mundane-seeming crime masks a sinister plot—and sends characters racing across a dozen realities in a bid to save the Earth!
Spiral dust is an incredible high. Wonderful. Transcendent. Orgasmic. That’s what users claim, eyes wide to reveal blue fractals instead of irises. Spiral dust addiction is on the rise.... [click here for more] |
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Welcome to the Cretaceous
For almost a hundred years, since the Last Commute, the people of Grevakc have been trapped in the Cretaceous period. Now a man calling himself Rados, working in a forgotten compound built deep within a jungle volcano, claims to have solved the problem that brought time travel to an end. Both SATI and the Butterflies have caught wind of Rados’s boasts, and both factions... [click here for more] |
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If a character is a big part of the story, they need a background. It’s not enough to have cool powers and great dialog; for them to really fit into the story, we need to know where they came from and why they do what they do. However, that’s always been a challenge for me, especially when I’m working on a superheroic character.
I started tinkering around with the elements that make up... [click here for more] |
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This is a FREE PREVIEW of Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour's Guide to the Numenera. You can also get the complete book!
Hundreds of new cyphers, artifacts, and oddities for your Ninth World campaign!
The namesake of the entire game line, the “numenera” are artifacts, oddities, and little bits of almost magic-like technology left to the Ninth World by a billion years of previous civilizations.... [click here for more] |
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This is the full version of Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour’s Guide to the Numenera. Check out the free preview.
Hundreds of new cyphers, artifacts, and oddities for your Ninth World campaign!
The namesake of the entire game line, the “numenera” are artifacts, oddities, and little bits of almost magic-like technology left to the Ninth World by a billion years of previous civilizations.... [click here for more] |
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$14.99
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Beneath the orbits and atoms of our natural universe lies a network of dark energy. Those who have learned to access and navigate this chaotic sea have discovered an almost endless set of “recursions” in the shoals of our Earth: Worlds with their own laws of reality, reflected from human experience or imagination, given form in the swirling Chaosphere of the Strange. Worlds teeming with life,... [click here for more] |
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THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT PREVIOUS WORLDS.
Each world stretched across vast millennia of time. Each played host to a race whose civilizations rose to supremacy but eventually died or scattered, disappeared or transcended. During the time that each world flourished, those that ruled it spoke to the stars, reengineered their physical bodies, and mastered form and essence, all in their own... [click here for more] |
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